MEE1018 Facilities and Process Planning

L T P JC
3 0 0 0 3

Pre-requisite : Nil
Module Topics L Hrs SLO
1 Facilities Planning: Introduction to facilities Planning, 6 1,2,3
Significance of Facilities Planning, Objectives of Facilities
Planning, Facilities Planning Process, Strategic Facilities
Planning, Developing Facilities Planning Strategies.
2 Product process and schedule design, Flow systems, 6 1,2
activity relationships and space
requirements:Introduction, Product Design, Process Design,
Schedule Design, Facilities Design, Flow Systems, Material
Flow System, Departmental Planning, Activity Relationships,
Space Requirements.
3 Plant Location: Basic Factors to be considered – Plant 6 1, 2, 3, 4,
location and site selection – Consideration in facilities planning 5, 7, 10,
and Layout capacity – Serviceability and flexibility – Analysis in 14, 16,
selection of Equipment – Space requirement – Machine 17, 18
selections, Labour Requirement and selection.
4 Layout Planning: Types of Layout – Factors influencing 6 1,2,3,7
product - Process - Tools and Techniques for developing 10, 12,
Layout. Developing and Analysis of plant Layout – Presenting 14, 16, 17
the Layout – Office Layout plot planning. Evaluation and
Improvement of Layout.
5 Computer Aided Plant Layout: Data requirements – 6 1,2,15,16,
Mathematical programming procedures - Heuristics – CORE 17
LAP - PLANET - MAT - CRAFT- Probabilistic Approach -
Random selection (ALDEP) - Based sampling - Simulation –
Graph Theory – Facility design – Layout states – Scale effect.
Criticism concerning Computer Aided Plant Layout.
6 Material Handling: Objectives – Principles – Types – Degree 6 1,2,3,
of mechanization – Unit load concept – Material Handling 13,16,17,
cost – Relationship between Material Handling and Plant 18
Layout – Material Handling system Design - Specification of
the Design – Analyzing an existing material Handling system.
Basics of material handling selection – AGVS in material
Handling – Packing.
7 Evaluation and Implementation of layout: Evaluating the 6 1,2,11
Layout – Qualitative Evaluation Techniques - Efficiency
indices – Cost Evaluation of Layout – Quantitative evaluation
Techniques – Evaluation procedures – Making the alteration –
Presenting the Layout to management – Displaying the Layout
– Follow up – Approval – Reproducing the Layout - Installing
the Layout.
8 Contemporary discussion 3 2
Total Lecture Hours 45
# Mode: Flipped Class Room, [Lecture to be videotaped], Use of
physical and computer models to lecture, Visit to Industry, Min of 2
lectures by industry experts.
Text Book
1. James A Tompkins, John A White, Yavuz A Bozer, JMA Tanchoco (2010), Facilities
planning, Fourth edition, Wiley.
Reference Books
1. John R. Immer (2004), Layout planning Techniques, Mc Graw-Hill Book Company.
2. James M. Apple (2000), Plant Layout and Material Handling, The Ronald Press
Company.
Mode of Evaluation: Digital Assignments /Surprise Test /CAT/FAT
Recommended by the Board of Studies on: 03.03.2016
Compiled by: Prof. Vijayaram